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I tended to hold the prevailing belief as well. I thought that most traditional martial artsists would be ground to fucking hamburg by the MMAs of today. Bas Ruten.. I dunno. I have (had) a hard time thinking anyone who studied one traditional art exclusively could stand against him.
But then I went to see a friend's master perform in a Moo Duk Kwan training session. And I got to see my friend's master's teacher, a guy by the name of Kwan (i dun remember the first name). This Kwan character was maybe 4'9". Seriously. It was funny shit watching him instruct all these other black belts in what they were doing to train for their next tests and whatnot.
Then this Kwan guy takes a black belt - a master in his own right - aside, and proceeds to demonstrate what is called an "internal strike." The two square off, Kwan parries a punch, presses the palm of his hand against the black belt's chest, and the guy screams in sheer agony and flies backward ten fucking feet. He's dead unconscious. It's all happened faster than anyone can track. After the guy comes to, his dobak is taken off and his entire upper torse is the ugly purple of a serious bruise.
I think Mr. Lee could have done the same thing. You might not be into the whole "mental" thing that is concommittant with traditional martial arts, but I've actually seen what it can do with my own eyes. I think if Bas threw a combo at Bruce, or even Kwan, he'd be in for a hell of a surprise.
That's just my input.
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